Running away to marry Proctor, thinking I’d never have to do anything I didn’t want to do again. That’s how young I was.
“But the thing is: you cannot know the future. You look at the news and it looks terrifying. But you can never be sure. That is the whole thing with the future. You don't know. At some point you have to accept that you don't know. You have to stop flicking ahead and just concentrate on the page you are on.”
― How to Stop Time
― How to Stop Time
“A happy sigh escaped Lorna. ‘Seriously, though, the stars are beautiful. All the special things are more beautiful in wartime. Flowers, the stars, the sound of children’s laughter…”
― A Baby for the Home Front Girls
― A Baby for the Home Front Girls
“As she watched him walk away, she suddenly realised that the worst part of resistance was not fear; it was loneliness.”
― The Lost Song of Paris
― The Lost Song of Paris
“I must impress on you all the importance of never speaking to anyone about what we did here. I know it will be hard, for all of us. As leaving here will be. We are all losing the most interesting jobs that we will ever have.”
― The Girl from Bletchley Park
― The Girl from Bletchley Park
“I was no psychologist but I understood that this was down to our chaotic childhood. Whereas Immy and Andy had embraced the unpredictable nature of our upbringing, Miranda and I were more, well, clenched,”
― The Hidden Women
― The Hidden Women
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